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Science and the Mystery of the Mind

We are still as ignorant about the "passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness" as John Tyndall and his Victorian colleagues were.
December 6, 2017

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Life and Mind at Dinner: An Allegory

Marcelo imagines a conversation between a geneticist, a Buddhist, a physicist, a psychologist, and a theologian about life and the future of humanity.
April 5, 2017

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The Mind-Body Problem: A Cautionary Tale

Does a mind need a body to exist? To be happy? Science fiction has been wrestling with these questions for years and Marcelo suggests that we heed Hollywood's latest warning.
June 4, 2014

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